Are you a dog man or cat person?

[CWS4322]

I have one man and two cats...

Are you rubbing that in?

 

[Margi Cintrano]

Tom,

Curiousity, once killed the cat ... ha ha ha ...

Your question: I could not correct the error soon enough and did not wish to delete it and redo, as it received posts right away ...

Have nice Sunday.
Margi.

 

[Margi Cintrano]

Dairy Cattle

*** Photo Courtesy of: Consejo Regulador D.O.P. Fundación Cabrales, Arenas de Cabrales, Asturias, Spain ...

The Vet´s bovine friends and patients in the Spanish land of Cabrales, Asturias where its most noted aged in caves blue vein cheese is produced ...

 

[Margi Cintrano]

Buon Giorno, Good Morning,

Thanks again for all your feedback and contributions ...

Let me say this, I adore mammal - animals in general and my husband is a Vet specialising in cattle, horses, donkies, and other domestic livestock ... We foster two donkies and a horse ...

One of my more recent fave canine actors is the bloodhound who starred in Sweet Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon. Adorable bloodhound. I am a Lassie Come Home Fan from way back when ...

I appreciate your feedback and contributions.

T.U.
Margaux

 

[buckytom]

Tom,

Curiousity, once killed the cat ... ha ha ha ...

Your question: I could not correct the error soon enough and did not wish to delete it and redo, as it received posts right away ...

Have nice Sunday.
Margi.

marge, you can always ask the mods to edit the title for you.

as far as animals for pets go, i'm an all around animal lover too. i was raised with dogs and cats, and have had birds, reptiles, and fish.

we currently have 2 cats (rescues), 4 huge goldfish, a turtle, and 2 parrots.

as soon as i have a bigger house, i'm going to a shelter to adopt a dog, preferrably a mutt of some kind of husky, malamute, collie, or german shepherd mix.

 

[Steve Kroll]

DW and I are definitely dog people. We have a purebred Irish Setter and a Basenji/Yellow Lab mix.

Having said that, when we first got together we had 5 cats between the two of us. Every last one of them was inherited through previous relationships. While we certainly loved our kitties, over the years they eventually made their way to that great litter box in the sky, and we just never adopted any more. The last one, Winston, was an orange tabby who lived to be almost 23.

 

[chopper]

I'm a cat person. I like dogs, but I like cats more. I find dogs too excitable. "Oh I'm so glad you're home!" bounce, bounce, bounce. "I just took out the garbage. I was only gone two minutes." bounce, bounce.

Funny, that is the way the dogs act with my Hubby, but with me they run up excitedly and sit down right in front of me and calmly wait for a greet. I think with dogs, they do what they have been taught by that person. Sometimes we don't realize we are teaching them things.

 

[Margi Cintrano]

Tom, Steve & Chopper,

Thanks again for your contributions and feedback.

Tom: I have frequently asked and realise I need to proof read and do my typing a bit slower. However, thanks for the advice.

Steve: thanks for your contribution.

Chopper: Thanks for your input on subject.

Have lovely August,
Margi.

 

[CWS4322]

marge, you can always ask the mods to edit the title for you.

as far as animals for pets go, i'm an all around animal lover too. i was raised with dogs and cats, and have had birds, reptiles, and fish.

we currently have 2 cats (rescues), 4 huge goldfish, a turtle, and 2 parrots.

as soon as i have a bigger house, i'm going to a shelter to adopt a dog, preferrably a mutt of some kind of husky, malamute, collie, or german shepherd mix.

If you don't have a fenced yard, your first two choices are not good choices, BT because of what the breeds are bred to do--huskies are hard dogs to manage in an urban environment, ditto re Mals. And, they are often not good with cats (read that--cat killers) or birds. GSDs can also be not-cat-friendly--high prey drive. There is often a reason a dog ends up in a shelter. I am partial to the big drooly dogs...but I bet your boy would really like a goofy Lab or LabX ... "Boy, throw the ball, throw the ball, again, throw the ball, throw the ball....what do you mean you're tired and hot? Throw the ball, Boy..."

 

[Dawgluver]

CWS has a good point, especially regarding cat friendliness. And labs are such sweet dogs.

I would also recommend a beagle. Mine loves cats.

 

[taxlady]

I had a Siberian Husky. Sasha was so smart it was a nuisance. She could figure out more ways of bending the rules...

E.g., Sasha had been taught not to chew through her leash. A friend's husky, Quinn, stayed with us while the friend was on vacation. Sasha chewed through Quinn's leash.

 

[Dawgluver]

I had a Siberian Husky. Sasha was so smart it was a nuisance. She could figure out more ways of bending the rules...

E.g., Sasha had been taught not to chew through her leash. A friend's husky, Quinn, stayed with us while the friend was on vacation. Sasha chewed through Quinn's leash.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I had a Siberian Husky. Sasha was so smart it was a nuisance. She could figure out more ways of bending the rules...

E.g., Sasha had been taught not to chew through her leash. A friend's husky, Quinn, stayed with us while the friend was on vacation. Sasha chewed through Quinn's leash.

Shrek says, yup too smart for their own good sometimes.

 

[taxlady]

BTW, I had three indoor cats when I had Sasha and one when Quinn came to stay. There was a truce. The dogs wanted to sniff the cats' bums and eat their food. The cats seemed to think that the dogs were just too uncouth. There wasn't any fighting.

The cats did gang up on Sasha. When we got her she was skinny. We put out two large bowls of canned dog food. We took her for a walk. When we came home the dog food bowls were empty. There were three, very uncomfortable, football shaped cats lying on their sides on the kitchen floor. They were practically moaning.

 

[CWS4322]

I had a Siberian Husky. Sasha was so smart it was a nuisance. She could figure out more ways of bending the rules...

E.g., Sasha had been taught not to chew through her leash. A friend's husky, Quinn, stayed with us while the friend was on vacation. Sasha chewed through Quinn's leash.

That sounds like many of the Great Danes I've known.

To better explain the difference between say a Newfoundland and a Sibe, a Newfoundland has about a 10-ft comfort zone re: away from it's people when out walking, a Sibe...a mile. We used to take the Newfs out walking with about 30-40 other Newfoundlands at a dog park. The Newfs walked in single file either alongside their people or right behind them. A young Saint joined us one month (this was a monthly event). The young Saint took off. My Newf looked at another Newf, nodded his head left, the other nodded right. They took off at a gallop after the Saint and aligned themselves on either side of him, and then made a Newf-Saint-Newf sandwich--squeezing said Saint between them until he stopped. They stood with him between them for about 7 seconds (I counted). Then the two Newfs pivoted and came back to the group. The Saint did the same.

I often dog-sat a friend's Sibe. She was not other-dog friendly nor was she cat-friendly. She killed a stray cat that made the mistake of coming on the property one time while she was staying with me. Not pretty. And, I had to tie her in a fenced yard--she could jump the 6-ft fence (and did). She was a DOLL with people.

As a general rule-of-thumb, working breeds are much tougher for the average pet owner than sporting breeds. Newfoundlands, as a breed, were developed to be companion animals (during the Victorian period). They are a working breed because they have this desire to please their people (most of the time, although, I've also have met Newfs that were handfuls).

Do your research before getting a dog. There are many breeds from which to choose. And, the "mutts are healthy" is a myth--it is because the statistics are not kept about mutts that people think that. A hereditary disease/condition can be inherited as often by a mixed breed as a purebred.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

When we were in the market for a dog seven years ago...

See, she gets buys dog at the market too!

 

[CWS4322]

Markets here don't usually sell dogs...

 

[niquejim]

We have a dog, two cats, a fish, a bird and a snake.

Here's a good question for you.....
Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat! WHY?

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Markets here don't usually sell dogs...

Check the Vietnamese market!

 

[chopper]

Just for the record...I am not on the same page as Sir Loin of Beef!!!